The Wilmingtonian., 1887-12-03
Colorado.

Colorado we would state that its area is lO3,
GAS square miles. In 1858 the Ell Dorado OF
visionary gold hunters. Now the yellow and
white of its bullion are matched by the gold
and silver of its wheat fields and mill grists.
Admitted in 1875. Henee the Centennial
State" The summit o: of the continent.
The youngest of the States, apex of the
pyramid. Traversed by the Rocky Noun
tain chain. Plains or lowIands watered by
numerous rivers debouohng from canons.
| The once arid waste fertilzed by wide irri-
eating canals, and loteral ditohes-that dis
ribute moisture to remntsst sections. The
Pak system 1900 $500 feet above ses
-v,) comprisen Of four great basins. Area
| North Park $780, Middle Park 1000, S,urb
| Pllk 22n0 and San Lui PAX 5000 Squar,
| lts. Exhaustlrss 1t r,s IT prrci us met
l.. Vas poslts of auth acite aud hgn't
.al Value u bullion output Tor 1885
,Jut $50 900 600 TIE lead product Il
tine year excrediug Ivy So er cent. the er
ira yield of balance III tho Uuited States.
Number of cattl, 341 1858 (iu 1880, worth
$40, 000 600. rgaung canals 800 miles
n>liug s11 0000 900 AID watering 1900, 90
crrs--Ihc largest RI, Del Nnrte) With
opacity o: 9O7. OOO 600 gallons daily. QuA :
,es of finest graniie. ina BILE aud tu,ld q
,snne. All graius of superior quality. Park
md grazing lands. Cattle and sheep winter
without shelter and with little feed. Rail-
ways climb almost inaccessible heights t.
Tres of mining oenters and cities. Astcund.
ing feats of engineering. Track clamped to
sides of piecpitous cliff, spanning torrents,
plunging through tunnels and leaping awful
chasms.
SOIL AND CLIMATE.
Half Of Colorado is arabic. Though chiefly
pastoral laud, its agricultural capacities are
'ein0 developed ON large scale. Soil fertile
Shen irrigated. Wheat makes good crops
and the best -four in the country. Nearly ali
8 consumed at home. Oats and barley do
well, and some corn is raised. Fine vegeta-
olos and root crops. Small fruits largely
crown, of the best quality. Apples, pears
ind peaches yield fairly. Average altitude
7000 ft. Air, dry, pure, exhilerating as
champagne. Bright sunshine all the yea
round-very rarely cloudy day. No sud
len nor trying extremes of heat and cold.
hiueI al springs of rare medical virtues. Pre-
,crbed for nearly all human maladles
Among noted bathing aud health resorts al
iauitoo, Idaho, Wagon Wheel Gap, Glen
wood and Pancho springs. Mountain lakes
md str ams alive with specified trout, for |
sts with game. Thousands of invalids anu |
,,uItmen flock to Colo, ado yearly Sceni
,Jtrctlons rurpsss those of the boasted Alp,.
U Pass. Farden of the Gods, Cauons of lh |
Piatle, Arkansas, BJu der aud Gunnsun,
,,w accessible by rail aud coach. Socie,
keel ent. SchUols, universities, colleges oi
C'e fi,st-class. People cultivated and inls,.
gent. TIE rich, generous handed, the po
Zee hearted, ALL-huspitable.
DENVER.
CAPITAL OF COLORADO,
Population, 1900. Elevation, 5, 1866 feet
In 1858 the PIke's Peak gold excitement,
caused great rush from the East to Color |
ado and camp was pitched at the Junction
# Cherry Creek and the Platte, which sholt-
ly after christened Auraris. From this
this small beginning sprang Denver, the
Queen City of the Plains." Beautiful for |
situation, with the great range of the Rocky |
Mountains towering in the west, and the |
illimitablc Plains stretching to the. Missouri
River on the east, Denver is worthy Of the
attention and admiration of all who behold
1t. 1t is one of the greatest railroad points
West, nine railroads centering here and ra- |
dating to all parts of the United States, thus
giving Denver almost unsurpassed facilities
for trans-oontinental traffic. Denver is the |
capital of the State and the county seat Of
Araphoe County. The foot hills OF the Rocky |
Mountains are only fourteen miles distant,
Longs Peak, James Peak, Gray's Peak, |
and Pixies Peak are in plain view connected |
by the cleaning, serrated line of the Snowy |
Range. Parks. boulovards, opera houses |
and costly and elegant public building and |
private residences are few of the most OBJ |
vious signs Of wealth, cultivation and luxury
which are to be found in Colorado's capital.
Among the principal places of interest may
be mentioned the Tabor Grand Opera House,
erected at a cost of $3.50, ,oC00, and which is
the finest building OF its kind in America,
having but one rival in the world, the Grand
Opera House in Paris; the United States
Miut, the County Court House-a most ele-
giant aud costly structure, occupying an on
tire block wiSh the grounds; the City
Hall, University of Denver, st. Mary's
Academy, Wolf Hall, st. Johns Cathedral,
the Argo Smelling Works, and large
number of churches, hotels and business
blocks, any of which would do credit to any
of the metropolitan cities of the East. The